Booking Through Thursday: Memoirs

Do you read celebrity memoirs? What ones have you read or do you want to read? Which non-existant celebrity memoir would you like to see?

This is a pretty simple one for me. I'm not generally a big reader of memoirs. Twenty years ago I read a biography of Marilyn Monroe, that I found very interesting. I also read Dolly Parton's memoir, which was very good and eye opening. One of the most difficult ones I've read was Christopher Reeve's STILL ME, that I read in 1998. More recently I read Elizabeth Edwards' SAVING GRACES. I have a memoir on my TBR pile and that is THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeanette Walls, that I'm hoping to read this year.

I can't really think of a celebrity memoir that hasn't been written yet that I am anxious to read. Most times, if they are a celebrity, I'm a fan because of their talent, not for their personal life, so I feel like it's not necessary for me to know everything about them in that regard. Case in point, Michael Jackson. I respect him tremendously for his musical genius, but I don't really understand or feel the need to know more about his eccentric personal life. These days, the media over saturates us with celebrity coverage, making me far less likely to pick up their memoir. Even with Farrah, I've seen so many television reports and shows on her life lately, I don't think theire's anything in a book that probably hasn't already been aired. That's not to say I won't read memoirs, I'm just very selective of the ones I do read.

Readers & A Book Giveaway!

There are so many great book blogs out there that I've become addicted to reading and it can be very time consuming to visit each individual website. But I have found the greatest helper! OK, I admit it - I may be a little slow, but I only recently (in the last few months) figured out what a 'reader' is and what it does. In my particular case, Google Reader. Since I only started blogging in January, I'm still learning about all this new technology. Everyday I learn something new.

I wonder how I got along for so long without using the Reader tool. If you haven't familiarized yourself with this timesaving little gem, I would highly recommend checking it out. I spend half the time I used to reading all the blogs I enjoy so much. I even have the online version of my local newspaper included so every morning, within minutes I'm caught up on what's happening in my community. Time is so short as it is and this really makes it nice. Since I now have my list of blogs that I subscribe to in my reader, (and that list grows every week!) I simply go to my Reader and there they all are!

Speaking of great blogs, my blogger buddie Julie P. at Booking Mama has a terrific post today. It's an interview with Meg Waite Clayton, the author of the new novel, THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS, which is being released today, in fact! She was one of the lucky ones to receive an advanced copy so you can also find her review there as well. In addition, Ms. Julie has an extra copy of the book, so she is giving it away to one lucky reader! All you have to do is go to Booking Mama and leave a comment to be entered! Good luck everyone!